Damsel in distress

Many women face battles all throughout their lives, but the question they should ask themselves would be; how could you let your battles you’ve overpowered affect you in your present and your future life. As women, we have tended to let society mold us, and shape us cumulatively over the past few years. Society has this tight grip on our minds, making us question if we are ever good enough. Women cannot let society have that hold on them. In a poem written my Maya Angelou, she reminds women they…

inevitability of losing him, the Marshallian chooses to set Octavian free (“Looking Deeper into the Allusions in A Streetcar Named Desire” par. 2). The significance of Blanche alluding to this allusion at that specific time is because Blanche is the damsel in distress. She needs to be rescued and in this case Mitch was her hero. Furthermore the roses throughout the play were used to symbolize the relationship of Mitch and Blanche. When Mitch brought forth the roses the very first time, they were…

The Gender Expression Gender roles have define both men and women all around the world. Centuries beyond centuries, females were often treated inferior to males, often classified as simply a mother, a wife, a maid— an accessory to men. However, not all women were absolutely defined by men. At the same time, men are expected of to carry the household and make important decisions. All has come to show that both genders were expected to carry out certain roles. The pieces Beowulf and Geoffrey…

stories teaching? The basis is that they teach of man and woman. Stories in earlier centuries teach of integrity and honor of man but do not put the treatment of women at the forefront of the story. Women were portrayed as either the classic damsel-in-distress or the seductive woman…

Many people have opinions on gender roles, especially for females. When reading or watching the Harry Potter series, you can pick up on hints of both traditional and modern roles. Many people argue that Rowling created a world where female readers may learn that they are inferior to males (Whitton). While they may have a point in some situations, such as the troll incident in the lavatory in the first book, the female characters also stand their own ground. A great example of this is Molly…

Vampires have been a part of literature for centuries. Recently vampires have been more popular than ever. From Dracula to Twilight, the way vampires have evolved continues to be a reflection of societies views and concerns. One subject that has always been a topic of discussion in vampire texts is gender roles. Most vampire texts depict a female victim who is seduced by a male vampire. This holds true for Bram Stockers, Dracula, and Stephanie Myers, Twilight. However, other texts such as…

Disney exposed many boys and girls of many social classes to what they had to do to live out their wealthy “happily ever afters”. The poor damsels in distress were all gorgeous, and regardless of their social classes or ignorance,their handsome, wealthy men stepped in to marry them. Cue the end of the happy couple skipping to their white carriage, birds chirping, and the cursive, sparkling script “And they all lived Happily Ever After”. It is then that the guardians of the child will add…

Perhaps the essential element of a great story is the characters, just as complexity is the mark of a great character. What is interesting about a pure, likeable character where life always goes their way? Not much when the audience relates and learns from someone that deals with the woes of life just as they do. Filled with quite a few memorable deep characters, Django Unchained (2012)—directed by Quentin Tarantino—features the title hero, Django, a slave in Antebellum Texas two years prior to…

Condoleezza Rice and many others have played pivotal roles in the issue of national security. Tickner discusses that not only women have been devalued, but also minorities such as blacks and Latin Americans, and how the stereotypical Latin women is a damsel in distress or the man is an uneducated brute warrior. Then Tickner goes on about how feminist view of realism, and how the realist use state-of-nature stories such as how Sacagawea’s presence in Lewis and Clark’s expedition was not seen as a…

the blame pushed to her, Agnes falls into the dark place of psychalgia, she is separated from society, newly seen as this absolute filth - “a lamb ripe for slaughter”. Unlike Agnes, Sigga also a contributor to Natan’s death is made out as the “damsel in distress”, she was forgiven for her crime and escaped the death penalty as she was young, pretty and easily manipulative, having no control of her actions. In terms of “the villain”, this archetype is placed on Natan but not immediately. Natan…